Fixes: #17459 - Ensure help text on component create forms shows both bulk edit and substitution token instructions (#17931)

* Move {module} substitution help text to main ComponentCreateForm.__init__ so it applies to all component types, and fix formatting

* Simplify help text replacement string for component forms with 'module' field

* Reuse help text string in both ComponentCreateForm and ModularComponentTemplateForm

* Remove help text override from regular (direct) object creation of device components

* Re-add space

* Tweak help text

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Co-authored-by: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>

netbox/dcim/forms/model_forms.py

@@ -909,6 +909,13 @@ class ModularComponentTemplateForm(ComponentTemplateForm):
         if self.instance.pk:
             self.fields['module_type'].disabled = True
 
+        # Components attached to a module need to present this standardized substitution help text.
+        self.fields['name'].help_text = _(
+            "Alphanumeric ranges are supported for bulk creation. Mixed cases and types within a single range are not "
+            "supported (example: <code>[ge,xe]-0/0/[0-9]</code>). The token <code>{module}</code>, if present, will be "
+            "automatically replaced with the position value when creating a new module."
+        )
+
 
 class ConsolePortTemplateForm(ModularComponentTemplateForm):
     fieldsets = (

netbox/dcim/forms/object_create.py

@@ -243,14 +243,6 @@ class InterfaceCreateForm(ComponentCreateForm, model_forms.InterfaceForm):
     class Meta(model_forms.InterfaceForm.Meta):
         exclude = ('name', 'label')
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        if 'module' in self.fields:
-            self.fields['name'].help_text += _(
-                "The string <code>{module}</code> will be replaced with the position of the assigned module, if any."
-            )
-
 
 class FrontPortCreateForm(ComponentCreateForm, model_forms.FrontPortForm):
     device = DynamicModelChoiceField(